Laurent is senior researcher at ERPI (Research Team on innovative Processes, Université de Lorraine, France), lecturer at ENSGSI, in particular in charge of the Master 2 Urban Innovation course (IUVTT), and visiting lecturer at TELECOM Nancy (responsible for the “big data smart city” module).
He is the co-founder (2014) and scientific manager of the Lorraine Fab Living Lab® (https://lf2l.fr/), the ERPI research & ENSGSI training platform for prospective assessment of innovative usages and innovation acceptability, a StAR LUE INFRA+ platform!
He is also the co-creator (2008) and scientific coordinator of Lorraine Smart Cities Living Lab (ENoLL member since 2010), an interdisciplinary project involving several laboratories and other public and private partners.
He designs, implements and evaluates new processes, based on collaborative innovation involving users, companies and territories, generating smart and sustainable Cities. E.g: Linkybymakers.fr project which explores the development of a user-driven innovation supporting the French public electricity distribution network and its smart meter.
Since 2019, he is involved in several EU projects (leader or expert):
- LAUDS Factories as UL(ERPI) & Task leader (Horizon Europe project, 2024-2026 – 36 Months).
- INEDIT project (Factory of the Future) as UL (ERPI) & WP leader (H2020 project, 2019-2023 – 42 Months);
- Climate Labs as Living lab expert (Erasmus+ project, 2020-2023 – 36 Months) ;